Professional tips, tricks, and important points
As a working professional, I wanted to provide some tips and tricks to help you with the concept of Exposure Adjustment and workflows as we wrap up. I’ve done this because so many new people struggle with this baseline technique and then their edit looks less than they want it to be:
- Do not blow out the whites. Over-exposure is one of the most common things I see when an editor does not apply exposure correctly. When you blow out the whites, the program has no data in those areas to go off, and you will be forced to heal the image before you can continue with exposure. If the image is unevenly lit, then use the Adjustment layer and mask out the areas where the adjustment will cause the image to become over-exposed.
- Try and use curves for light and dark whenever possible. Sometimes, you can get away with a simple Exposure Adjustment, but most of the time, it is beneficial to use curves.
- Do not use destructive techniques...
